Saturday, February 11, 2012

ETHS Jazz Festival

All Day Event

ETHS Jazz Festival Tickets are $15 for students and seniors and $20 for adults. Please see Dr Fodor for more information or call the box office for tickets at (847) 424-7848.

9th Annual Evanston Jazz Festival, Saturday, February 11, 2011 at Evanston Township High School, 1600 Dodge Avenue in Evanston, IL.

The Festival is open to the public and offers a full day of non-competitive, educational workshops and performances by middle school and high school jazz groups.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DAYTIME PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE, AND A LIST OF WORKSHOPS AND CLINICS.

Tickets for the evening concert in the auditorium are $20 for adults, $15 for children, students with I.D. and seniors. All seats are reserved. Call (847) 424-7848 or visit www.ethsjazz.com to order tickets online.  All proceeds from tickets sales go toward enhancing the Jazz program at ETHS and will provide more fantastic music opportunities to ETHS students.

To purchase tickets for the 7:30 PM evening concert, call 847-424-7848 or log on to: www.ethsjazz.com.

The ETHS music department has more than 400 students in bands, choirs, orchestras, small ensembles, and jazz groups. ETHS student groups have won two Downbeat music awards, and the music program is a three-time Grammy Signature School Winner, most recently as one of only 14 schools nationwide to receive this prestigious award for 2009.  The ETHS music department takes students on semi-annual trips, which over the past few years have included Montreal, New York, Orlando, New Orleans and Nashville.   ETHS has an extensive jazz program, including nine jazz combos and three jazz big bands.  For the past two years the school’s top jazz ensemble has performed at the Chicago Jazz Festival and other venues around the Chicago area.

Auditorium